Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
LAD already have eight players with double digit home runs
It is only July 27th, but the 2017 wallbangers already have eight players with double digit home runs. Rk Pos Name Age PA HR OPS+ 1 1B Cody Bellinger* 21 342 28 144 2 RF Yasiel Puig 26 365 19 107 3 SS Corey Seager* 23 401 16 130 4 C Yasmani Grandal# 28 318 14 …
Reviewing MLB Top 30 LAD Prospects
We have reviewed Baseball America top 30 LAD prospects and Baseball America top ten MidSeason ranking, now let us turn to MLB and see how they did. Hits: Bellinger was nails. Looks like everyone got that right with Fangraphs being the only main publication to go with Yadier Alvarez instead of Bellinger as the top …
Reviewing Baseball America MidSeason Prospect Rankings
Earlier we took a look at the original 2017 Baseball America Ranking and found some hits and misses. Now we will look at the midseason ranking that Baseball America came out with a few weeks ago. In the table below the number in parenthesis is the original 2017 ranking. Walker Buehler couldn’t crack the top ten …
Reviewing Baseball America Dodger Top 30
Several weeks ago Baseball American came out with their updated prospect list which made me go back and look harder at their original Dodger top 30 which came out in Jan/Feb of 2017. The Hits: Bellinger as the top prospect was prophetic. In reading the BA review they thought he had 30 home run power, …
Dodgers might have three top five MVP candidates
The first is certainly Justin Turner, and I’ll be the first to admit I mocked a comment over at TBLA when someone suggested that Turner might win the MVP back in March. I liked Turner but I never thought he could put together a full-season of MVP worthy stats. I was wrong, Justin Turner is …
Cool prospect links and notes
DJ Peters on being the home town kid. Alex Verdugo and his parents. “He would be so mad if he knew I told you this, but every night in the month when he shuts down right after the season, all I see in his bed are Reese’s peanut butter cups and hot Cheetos. I mean, …
Heredia/Paz/Clementina make Pioneer League All-Star Team
The Dodger Pioneer League affiliate the Ogden Raptors had a league leading three all-stars with Starling Heredia, Hendrik Clementina , and Luis Paz all named to the Pioneer League All-Star team. Kind of weird to here about an all-star team on July 24th, but the short rookie league seasons have to have their day in the sun too. Heredia …. Signed …
Long and winding road for 1st win for Edward Paredes at age 30
When Edward Paredes took the mound at Dodger Stadium last night you might not have known who he was and for good reason. No one did. Many players take a circuitous route to their first major league game but not many involve the convoluted route that Edward Paredes took. “First of all I want to …
Cody Bellinger moving up with 28
With Cody Bellinger on pace to set the new NL Rookie Home Run record, I thought now would be a good time to look at the names he’ll be passing on his way to the record. Frank Robinson blasted those 38 home runs way back in 1956 when he was just 20 years old. That …
Dodgers place 6 in revised MLB Prospect top 100
MLB finally released their midseason top 100 prospect list and six Dodgers made the top 100 list. Walker Buehler at 13 – preseason rank was 93 – big jump Alex Verdugo at 28 – preseason rank was 61 – big jump Yadier Alvarez at 51 – preseason rank was 49 – not much movement Willie …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 